City of Santa Clarita, Acton, Agua Dulce and city of San Fernando officials have called an emergency community meeting to discuss the high speed rail project.
The meeting is scheduled to be held Monday, April 27 at 7 p.m. at the Canyon High School gym and is open to the public.
Called by the city of Santa Clarita officials, the meeting is being held to help prevent the siting of a high speed rail project through existing homes, churches and schools.
The State project, led by the California High Speed Rail Authority, aims to build a high speed rail system that will connect San Francisco to Los Angeles at speeds up to 200 miles per hour. The local route, which will impact communities along the SR 14 corridor, is planned from Burbank to Palmdale.
Two of the Authority’s proposed alignments targeted for further study could result in the removal of two elementary schools, a church and homes in the Santa Clarita, Acton, Agua Dulce and City of San Fernando areas.
A third alternative would completely bypass existing neighborhoods and it is this “east corridor alignment” that the Santa Clarita City Council supports.
“We want to send a message to the California High Speed Rail Authority that the east corridor alignment would not only avoid risking our neighborhoods, but is also more direct and potentially less expensive,” explained Mayor Marsha McLean.
A tremendous turnout at the meeting is needed to help the California High Speed Rail Authority understand the community’s needs.
“We need a great turnout at the meeting to let the Authority know how important this issue is to the Santa Clarita, Acton, Agua Dulce and the City of San Fernando communities. We are encouraging everyone to attend the emergency meeting on April 27,” added Mayor McLean.
For more information on the Rail Proposal and the meeting, [click here].
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People keep thinking that the bullet train is a single track connecting just SF and LA for some reason and don’t really figure that there are any stops in their town that would very obviously be beneficial to their communities locally as well as for the state. With the bullet train you could live in a small suburb like Santa Clarita cheaply and work in a major city; for example, you could take a short drive rive to the station, hop on the train, and arrive quickly at Los Angeles within minutes. You could avoid needing to rely on wasting gas just trying to get across the state!
I find it deeply unfortunate that this hasn’t gained traction among people decrying the gentrification of major cities (especially San Francisco) because it would directly alleviate the issue of housing if interstate travel by bullet train were implemented.
We have Metrolink for what you describe (short drive to a station, be in L.A. in minutes)
@SCVNews.com – the bullet train aims to have a centrally united system for state traveling, faster than the Metrolink’s, as well as servicing more regions than LA county. Just because there’s a small light rail line in the local area, doesn’t mean there ought not to be a state bullet train.
There ought not be a state bullet train that uproots people out of their houses, destroys Native American archaeological sites (discovered and undiscovered) or disrupts wildlife corridors. And that’s a short list. But start there, if you want to convince anyone in the Santa Clarita Valley that it’s a good idea.
Additionally, the bullet train line could also not cross through the Santa Clarita area at all. it’s important to work together as a community to figure out the best solution, instead of meeting the entire system with vitriol or intentions of shutting the whole thing down.